#8B9934#8B9934

#8B9934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.126 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9934
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 52)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 66%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -19.09, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 53.00, 111.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0565 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.126 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6590, 28.5196, 7.5593)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9934 #423499

analogous

#997434 #8B9934 #589934

triadic

#8B9934 #348B99 #99348B

tetradic

#8B9934 #349974 #423499 #993458

square

#8B9934 #349974 #423499 #993458

split-complementary

#8B9934 #345899 #743499

monochromatic

#383E15 #626B24 #8B9934 #B1C149 #C4D177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8B9934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8B9934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9934

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9934	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.126 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb771',
    500: '#8b9934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9934;
$custom-light: #afb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.317,
    "s": 49.268,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65167,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9934

secondary

#7A70B9

accent

#4FD962

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9934

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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